Accessing high-resolution geospatial data with a modern DaaS platform

As part of further development strategies, our client decided to develop a DaaS platform that allows customers to browse, order and visualise georeferenced data. The challenge in the project was not only to build a scalable platform that would facilitate the acquisition of large-scale, high-quality data but also to ensure that these data would be delivered in standard geospatial formats, enabling seamless use in GIS tools and third-party platforms such as ESRI ArcGIS.

Key business objectives were:

• Providing digital access to high-value geospatial content.
• Establishing an online storefront to monetise captured geospatial data assets.
• Enabling customers to preview and interact with data via an immersive web viewer.
• Providing standardised data outputs in recognised geospatial formats.
• Ensuring scalability and reliability through a robust cloud infrastructure.

Tackling UI/UX design

We took comprehensive care of the UI/UX layer, starting from wireframe definition to final designs and front-end development. Our focus was on creating intuitive interfaces for both the user and administration modules of the web application, as well as upgrading the existing Immersive Viewer user interface. This work was facilitated by productive collaboration with NCTech’s product team, whose valuable feedback helped ensure platform usability and alignment with the end users.

Client-facing web portal development

An equally important part of our engagement was frontend development. Our engineers worked closely with NCTech’s technical domain lead to deliver a fully functional geospatial web platform that allows customers to browse, order, and purchase georeferenced data, as well as visualise it through the integrated Immersive Viewer.

To enhance the user experience and analytical capabilities, the platform supports the display of street-level panoramic imagery enriched with point cloud data in a 3D environment, coupled with the classic map-based view. This allows users to seamlessly explore realistic 3D scenes while having spatial context available within a traditional map interface.

Spyrosoft contributed to UI/UX design and backend implementation of elevation visualisation capabilities, aiming to enable the display of elevation levels on the map to assess and highlight areas of potential risk, e.g., such as flooding and water inundation zones. While implementation of the frontend part of this functionality is still in the planning phase, this represents a step toward enhancing advanced spatial analysis and informed decision-making.

To further enhance data analysis and usability, we also implemented functionalities like interactive measurement tools and configurable annotation layers. In addition, our team was involved in developing the administration module, enabling the management of customer and organisation accounts, along with data quality validation, before making datasets available to end users.

Beyond direct support in the development and implementation of the functionalities, Spyrosoft also provided NCTech with PoC demonstrations focused on object detection and classification. These prototypes explored the possibility of using AI/ML models to automatically detect and categorise urban objects such as lamp posts, traffic lights, and road signs. Although the solution ultimately wasn’t included in the application, it demonstrated the potential for further innovation and our ongoing commitment to the client’s project development.